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por·trait 
[pawr-trit, -treyt, pohr-] Pronunciation Key
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[pawr-trit, -treyt, pohr-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a likeness of a person, esp. of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits. |
| 2. | a verbal picture or description, usually of a person: a biography that provides a fascinating portrait of an 18th-century rogue. |
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por·trait·like, adjective
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| por·trait
(pôr'trĭt, -trāt', pōr'-) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj. Of or relating to the orientation of a page such that the longer side runs from top to bottom. [French, from Old French, image, from past participle of portraire, to portray; see portray.] |
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portrait
c.1375 (in portreyture), from M.Fr. portrait, from O.Fr. portret (13c.), noun use of pp. of portraire "to paint, depict" (see portray).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| portrait | |
noun | |
| 1. | a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal] |
| 2. | any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Portrait
Por"trait\, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.]1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J. Reynolds. Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness. 2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. Portrait bust, or Portrait statue, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or statue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Portrait
Por"trait\, v. t. To portray; to draw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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